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To amoirsp: How do you get the 'another story'? Is it in CLANNAD the game? Or do you have to buy a seperate CD for that?

The official another story, "CLANNAD ~光見守る坂道で~" is a series of short stories that was serialized on Dengeki G's in 2004 after the release of CLANNAD earlier in the year. It's essentially a collection of short stories written by the scenario writers who felt like there was still something they wanted to tell about the characters of CLANNAD. The contents included:

Spoiler:

- Tomoya and Nagisa's meeting one year before the game's beginning.
- An after story between Tomoya, Kotomi, and the Fujibayashi sisters, after the end of Kotomi route in the game.
- How Kyou became familiar with Tomoya and Sunohara in second year.
- A short story after Tomoya and Tomoyo began dating, where Tomoyo talked about an episode of her action-packed past.
- A diary by Kouko about Fuuko's daily life just before she entered high school (some of this was shown in episode 7).
- How Ryou became attracted to Tomoya after a mix up where he mistook her for Kyou.
- The story between Akio and Sanae's first meeting on a Christmas night.
- Story about Sunohara and Mei, back when he was still a soccer ace in middle school.
- A short story devoted to Botan.
- A bit of a love story about the secret of Yukine's charms.
- The story about Misae and Yoshino's relationship back when they were both students - a love story that never was?
- A story that took place in Koumura-sensei's house, where the now-retired teacher entertains Kouko, Yoshino, and Fuuko about a story of his past.
- A special continuation of the baseball route from the original game.
- Final comedy story featuring the entire cast at a public bath. A bit of a service scene chapter.

Yes, they look young. They were likely designed to look young. The protagonist thinks they look young. Anyone can think they look young since they do.

Then again fictional scenarios can have younger/unusual circumstances, and fortunately an adult looking young is not particularly extreme.

And yes they likely do look at least 5 - 6 years older than Nagisa herself which was why in an earlier episode (or early in the game), Tomoya was like is this lady (referring to Sanae) Nagisa's sister? or mother?

Of course because of parental age differences with their children, aside from more extreme circumstances, you can assume they're at least 30s (like mid 30s or greater). The actual number isn't disclosed (though for most characters, it isn't. Since you have character identification as either some grade level student or an adult, you have a good enough age range to guess.)

Sushi, thanks very much for the Another Story information. Makes me want to purchase one and see the contents, if I could ever read it that is.

The miraculous power of Asian people handed down from generations to generations. No kidding, you might even mistake a 50 years old to be only around 30 to 40 years old. But actually, those who eats those weird foods in KEY games are quite young. Akiko with her Jam, Sanae and Akio with their weird bread. You might also gain eternal youth if you combine the two.

But actually it's KEY's tradition to have mothers hotter than their daughter, yup.
Also it is because Akkio and Sanae got married at a young age as well, which is quite uncommon in modern days. Nowadays people don't get married until their 20s.

Now that Fuuko's arc is over, I have a question about episode 6 and 7:

Spoiler for Episode 6/7:

There were a few random close-up shots of dandelions towards the end of episode 6 and in the beginning of episode 7. Will there be some kind of explanation for this later or was it some kind of japanese symbolism that I don't understand? If it'll be explained later, please just say so and don't tell me the explanation, I've been spoiled enough already.

Now that Fuuko's arc is over, I have a question about episode 6 and 7:

Spoiler for Episode 6/7:

There were a few random close-up shots of dandelions towards the end of episode 6 and in the beginning of episode 7. Will there be some kind of explanation for this later or was it some kind of japanese symbolism that I don't understand? If it'll be explained later, please just say so and don't tell me the explanation, I've been spoiled enough already.

Spoiler for answer to Aetheri's question:

Doubt it'll be explained later, but the significance lies in the "flower language" of the dandelion.

There's a million different flower languages, but the ones for the dandelion that I know of are "remembering happy memories," "parting with close ones" and "until we meet again someday."

Akiko with her Jam, Sanae and Akio with their weird bread. You might also gain eternal youth if you combine the two.

And wouldn't eating that cocktail be something akin to combining matter and anti-matter? If so, heaven help us if someone brave (or stupid) enough to make the combo then consume it. *ducks for cover in a nearby disused fallout shelter*

I thought Akiko's Jam and Sanae's Bread was formatted so that you would feel horribly sick when eating it.

Note it's not the bread with rice crackers in it, but rather that rainbow bread.

So yes, it would have to be the "special" bread, being the one that's rainbow coloured. (Don't forget, in a sense Akiko does have normal jams, but there's one secret recipe one, and that one is lethal. So actually, technically Sanae does have an equivalent, it just hasn't been used yet, but clearly implied, but not actually used.)

I'm not sure if this was asked, but what was Tomoya and Kyou's relationship before the anime? They call each other by first names and they're not even in the same class so I thought that was weird.

Apparently, Tomoya and Kyou were in the same class in their 2nd year (they are currently 3rd years/Seniors) and have been friends. Good enough friends that Kyou trusts Tomoya enough to let him know about her bike. It's probably just Tomoya's style to refer to girls like that. He has absolutely no right to refer to Tomoyo (whom he just met and isn't really even friends with) by her first name with no honorific, yet he does and Tomoyo herself apparently doesn't mind. The notable exception of Nagisa is probably due to the fact that she is Tomoya's love interest if the anime follows the game at all.

Apparently, Tomoya and Kyou were in the same class in their 2nd year (they are currently 3rd years/Seniors) and have been friends. Good enough friends that Kyou trusts Tomoya enough to let him know about her bike. It's probably just Tomoya's style to refer to girls like that. He has absolutely no right to refer to Tomoyo (whom he just met and isn't really even friends with) by her first name with no honorific, yet he does and Tomoyo herself apparently doesn't mind. The notable exception of Nagisa is probably due to the fact that she is Tomoya's love interest if the anime follows the game at all.

Well, he does call Ryou "Fujibayashi," in the same way he called Nagisa by her family name until recently. Not sure what the story is there, where he knows Kyou well enough (and his standards aren't high, as you said) to call her by her given name, yet not her sister.

Well, he does call Ryou "Fujibayashi," in the same way he called Nagisa by her family name until recently. Not sure what the story is there, where he knows Kyou well enough (and his standards aren't high, as you said) to call her by her given name, yet not her sister.

He probably didn't know Ryou until they were put into the same class this year. Knowing someone's sister doesn't really mean anything. I'm guessing they made it this way so that Tomoya can't call Ryou by her first name. I mean, just typing Ryou and Kyou is hard to distinguish. Tomoya must refer to Ryou as Fujibayashi to alleviate confusion. Besides, Ryou seems a lot more uptight and conservative than Kyou and probably wouldn't like to have Tomoya, whom she barely knows, by her first name only.

Pandering over how close Tomoya is to each girl is pretty pointless in this situation. Realistically, Tomoya shouldn't be referring to any of them by first name with no honorific. It is by far the most intimate level of communication. A situation where this is appropriately used is between sisters in Minami-ke, who refer to each other like this (as "Chiaki" and "Kana").